The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-09
Briefs.

| Briefs.
THE HOTELS continue to do rushing
! business.
RUBBFRs AND Arctics are favorite arti-
cles of foot gear.
OGDEN WAS visited witha slight snow
storm yesterday.
| BUSINESS APPEARS to be picking up
considerably Of lete.
TIE STREETS are anything bat plea
ant fo' pedestrians.
CHRISTMAS CARDS and gifts make up
the most snowy window dressing in
town.
GUM BOOTS, even among the aesthetic
are growing into favor around these
| parts.
ALF Lows genial couutensnca still
lilluminates the book stand a the depot.
He keeps all the latest periodicals.
SIDNEY STEVENS is paying cash for
wheat, oats. barley, and dried fruits;
also grass seeds. Car loads or less
UNION Pacific, No train from Il g
| east was four and half hours late yes
| terday. ALI other trains were on Tune.
| The WEATHER king exhibits a vacil-
lating spirit just now he appears to be
undecided whether to give US rain or
snow.
THE FEARFUL diseases, diphtheria and
| typhoid, it is said, are passing from
amongst us. This is something to be
thankful for.
The LATE big fire in this city has Gre
ated quite boom in the insurance bus
mess, ana agents are kept busy writing
out policies.
STRANGERS VISITING the Junction
City manifest great surprise that a city
OF Ogden's size and Importance should
be without gas works.
PORCELAIN LETTERING for windows is
becoming very popular in the Junction
City. Tommy" Morris seems to have
obtained patent rights for its use.
CHRISTMAS NUMBERS of the various
monthlies can be seen at the book
stores. Some gems Of art illustrating
home life, are given in the supplements.
OGDEN MERCHANTS who are alive to
their own interests will not fail to be
represented by an advertisement in the
forthcoming mammoth holiday edition
OF The HERALD.
WHAT HA= become of all the rahbitsP |
There is not one to be seen in The whole |
city. notwithstanding it is slleged that |
he Plain City shots killed 200 last week. |
The people of that village must be rab-
bit 'gorgers."
AN INTERESTING sociable took place in |
the Free Reading Room of this city on |
Tuesday night in aid of the rooms, |
which are mainly supported through |
the phiianthr opic labors of the Women's |
Christian Temperance Union.
The CLERKS at the T. @. NJ. l. are
:. busy as bees fitting up for Christmas.
The effect OF their industry is already
apparent, and gives every indication
that the decorations will Outstrip sny
that have preceded it in former years.
WHAT WILL be the effect on the peo-
pie suppose the tax on whisky is re-
pealed and they are able to buY spirits
at 20 cents gallon?" is q conundrum
heard on the streets just now. They'd
drink the more of IT, answers q we'll
known "booEeF.'
As VIZ said the other day, a musical
boom would seem to have struck the
olty, one more foreign professor of the
art divine" having announced his in
.ention OF teaching orchestration and
harmony. Look alive, ye Ogden
and quaVer tremblers, or you
will discover too late that your occupa-
ion (ike Othelo's) has gone.
The PRESIDENTS message furnishes
interesting conversation matter on all
lands. Differences of opinion, of
course, will exist, but persons of all
hades of politics and those of no pol
tics whatever agree that it Is q model
one which the nation NAV
yell be proud of. It sour DIS the kew
tote of a grand political battle CRY
Which will yet resound through the |
ILLS and wales of our great country
md embraces theoretically the true
'asis OF International commercial
reaties.
ONE OF the adjusiers from San Fran
isco arrived yesterday morning on
BUSINESS connected with the late fire at
'eery's store. One of our staff called
It the store, but was informed by Mr.
Henry Peery that nothing could be
one, in all probability. towards a set
lement until the other adjuster ap- 4
'Ointed arrived, which it IS expected :
e will do to- day. Mr.. George f.
irant. the name of the gentleman who
) already here, is the assistant general I
gent of the German-American Fue
assurance Company and special agent
t the North British.
LAST TUESDAY night an accident oc-
urred on the Utah & Northern at Po-
atello, through which q brakeman
AIMED Dalton. a resident of Ogden was
syereiy injured. 1t seems that on
saching Pocatello. one of the cars OF
be freight train was thrown OFF the
rSuk, aRd the shock threw Dalton,
-ho was in the caboose, violently
sainst the side of the car. and resulted
] serious injury to his spine. The iB-
iled man was brought TO his home in
lie city, and is now under the care OF